TEXT C
The year 1400 opened with more peacefulness than usual in England. Only a few months before, Richard II, weak, wicked, and treacherous,had been deposed(廢黜),and Herry IV declared king in his stead. But it was only a seeming peacefulness, lasting for but a little while; for though King Herry proved himself a just and a merciful man——as justice and mercy went with the men of iron of those days——and though he did not care to shed blood needlessly, there were many noble families who had been benefited by King Richard during his reign, and who had lost somewhat of their power and prestige from the coming in of the new king.
Among these were a number of great lords who had been degraded from their former titles and estates, from which degradation King Richard had lifted them. They planned to fall upon King Herryand his followers and to massacre(屠殺)them during a great tournament(中世紀(jì)的馬上比武大會(huì)) which was being held at Oxford. And they might have succeeded had not one of their own members betrayed them.
But Herry did not appear at the lists; whereupon, knowing that he had been lodging at Windsor with only a few attendants, the conspirators marched there against him. In the meantime, the king had been warned of the plot, so that instead of finding him in the royal castle, they discovered through their scouts that he had hurried to London, and that he was marching against them at the head of a considerable army. So nothing was left but flight. One and another, they were all caught and some killed. Those few who found friends faithful and bold enough to afford them shelter dragged those friends down in their own ruin.
72. Why did the nobles wish to kill Herry?
A. Herry had taken away power given to them by Richard.
B. Herry was weak, wicked, and treacherous.
C. Herry had needlessly killed members of their families.
D. Herry had killed King Richard.
73. How did King Herry find out about the plot?
A. His scouts discovered it.
B. He saw the conspirators coming.
C. One of the conspirators told him.
D. He found a copy of the conspirators’ plan.
74. What does the author seem to think of King Herry?
A. He was the best king England had ever had.
B. He was unfair and cowardly.
C. He was just as evil as King Richard.
D. He was a better ruler than King Richard.
TEXT D
Although the United States cherishes the tradition it is a nation of small towns and wide open spaces, only one in every eight Americans now lives on a farm. The recent population trend has been a double one, toward both urbanization and suburbanization. Metropolitan areas have grown explosively in the past decade, and nearly half this increase has been in the suburbs. With the rapid growth of cities has come equally rapid decentralization. The flight of Americans from the central city to the suburbs constitutes one of the greatest migrations of modern times; quite residential sections outside cities have become conglomerations of streets, split-level houses, and shopping centers.
This spurt of suburban expansion, however, does not alter the basic fact that the United States has become one of the most urban nations on the face of the earth. Census Bureau figures show that the rural population has been shrinking steadily since 1830. When the United States became a nation it had no large cities at all; today some fifty cities have population of more than 258,000. Mammoth complexes of cities are developing in the area of the East Coast and the east north-central states, on the Pacific and Gulf coasts, and near the shores of the Great Lakes. Some sociologists now regard the entire 600-mile stretch between Boston and Washington D.C.——an area holding a fifth of the country’s population——as one vast city or, as they call it, megalopolis.
75. The author says that trends are toward the____.
A. growth of cities and shrinking of suburban areas
B. growth of both rural and suburban areas
C. growth of urban and suburban areas
D. growth of suburban areas and shrinking of cities
76. Decentralization is best defined as ____.
A. movement from the central city to rural areas
B. movement from the central city to the suburbs
C. disorderly expansion of the central city
D. shrinking of metropolitan
77. One aspect of the recent population trend is the____.
A. development of complexes of cities
B. increasingly great distance between cities
C. transformation of cities into suburbs
D. growth of many small towns
TEXT E
A need for beauty, lightness, corrosion resistance, or other specific properties must be present before plastic can be considered as competitors of brick, window glass, cement, cast iron, or steel, since volumetric prices are so low for the last substance and for wood. It is not particularly unfortunate that plastics do not appear economical for every use. There is no reason why industry should want to replace wood, brick, concrete, and metals when the latter are adequate and inexpensive. Too much has been written about the coming “Plastics and Light Metal Age,” which is prophesized as the successor to the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. In the historical sequence of these earlier periods, there is logic in the quantitative sense; one age gave way to another when the use of a new material exceeded in quantity that of its predecessor. For the plastics and light metals, however, a different picture presents itself; less than 3,000,000 tons of all these materials are being produced annually, while steel production exceeded 90,000,000 tons last year and will probably not recede to less than 60,000,000 tons for many years. This is still the Iron Age or rather the Steel Age.
78. The writer considers that the Bronze Age succeeded the Stone Age because____.
A. there was a scarcity of wood and other building materials
B. bronze was less expensive than stone
C. stone was no longer available
D. more bronze than stone came into use
79. The writer regards the change to a “Plastic and Light Metal Age” in the near future as____.
A. necessaryB. desirable
C. improbableD. logical
80. The title that best expresses the idea of this passage is____.
A. New Uses for Plastics
B. How One Age Succeeds Another
C. Advantages of Plastics
D. Limitations on the Use of Plastics
The year 1400 opened with more peacefulness than usual in England. Only a few months before, Richard II, weak, wicked, and treacherous,had been deposed(廢黜),and Herry IV declared king in his stead. But it was only a seeming peacefulness, lasting for but a little while; for though King Herry proved himself a just and a merciful man——as justice and mercy went with the men of iron of those days——and though he did not care to shed blood needlessly, there were many noble families who had been benefited by King Richard during his reign, and who had lost somewhat of their power and prestige from the coming in of the new king.
Among these were a number of great lords who had been degraded from their former titles and estates, from which degradation King Richard had lifted them. They planned to fall upon King Herryand his followers and to massacre(屠殺)them during a great tournament(中世紀(jì)的馬上比武大會(huì)) which was being held at Oxford. And they might have succeeded had not one of their own members betrayed them.
But Herry did not appear at the lists; whereupon, knowing that he had been lodging at Windsor with only a few attendants, the conspirators marched there against him. In the meantime, the king had been warned of the plot, so that instead of finding him in the royal castle, they discovered through their scouts that he had hurried to London, and that he was marching against them at the head of a considerable army. So nothing was left but flight. One and another, they were all caught and some killed. Those few who found friends faithful and bold enough to afford them shelter dragged those friends down in their own ruin.
72. Why did the nobles wish to kill Herry?
A. Herry had taken away power given to them by Richard.
B. Herry was weak, wicked, and treacherous.
C. Herry had needlessly killed members of their families.
D. Herry had killed King Richard.
73. How did King Herry find out about the plot?
A. His scouts discovered it.
B. He saw the conspirators coming.
C. One of the conspirators told him.
D. He found a copy of the conspirators’ plan.
74. What does the author seem to think of King Herry?
A. He was the best king England had ever had.
B. He was unfair and cowardly.
C. He was just as evil as King Richard.
D. He was a better ruler than King Richard.
TEXT D
Although the United States cherishes the tradition it is a nation of small towns and wide open spaces, only one in every eight Americans now lives on a farm. The recent population trend has been a double one, toward both urbanization and suburbanization. Metropolitan areas have grown explosively in the past decade, and nearly half this increase has been in the suburbs. With the rapid growth of cities has come equally rapid decentralization. The flight of Americans from the central city to the suburbs constitutes one of the greatest migrations of modern times; quite residential sections outside cities have become conglomerations of streets, split-level houses, and shopping centers.
This spurt of suburban expansion, however, does not alter the basic fact that the United States has become one of the most urban nations on the face of the earth. Census Bureau figures show that the rural population has been shrinking steadily since 1830. When the United States became a nation it had no large cities at all; today some fifty cities have population of more than 258,000. Mammoth complexes of cities are developing in the area of the East Coast and the east north-central states, on the Pacific and Gulf coasts, and near the shores of the Great Lakes. Some sociologists now regard the entire 600-mile stretch between Boston and Washington D.C.——an area holding a fifth of the country’s population——as one vast city or, as they call it, megalopolis.
75. The author says that trends are toward the____.
A. growth of cities and shrinking of suburban areas
B. growth of both rural and suburban areas
C. growth of urban and suburban areas
D. growth of suburban areas and shrinking of cities
76. Decentralization is best defined as ____.
A. movement from the central city to rural areas
B. movement from the central city to the suburbs
C. disorderly expansion of the central city
D. shrinking of metropolitan
77. One aspect of the recent population trend is the____.
A. development of complexes of cities
B. increasingly great distance between cities
C. transformation of cities into suburbs
D. growth of many small towns
TEXT E
A need for beauty, lightness, corrosion resistance, or other specific properties must be present before plastic can be considered as competitors of brick, window glass, cement, cast iron, or steel, since volumetric prices are so low for the last substance and for wood. It is not particularly unfortunate that plastics do not appear economical for every use. There is no reason why industry should want to replace wood, brick, concrete, and metals when the latter are adequate and inexpensive. Too much has been written about the coming “Plastics and Light Metal Age,” which is prophesized as the successor to the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. In the historical sequence of these earlier periods, there is logic in the quantitative sense; one age gave way to another when the use of a new material exceeded in quantity that of its predecessor. For the plastics and light metals, however, a different picture presents itself; less than 3,000,000 tons of all these materials are being produced annually, while steel production exceeded 90,000,000 tons last year and will probably not recede to less than 60,000,000 tons for many years. This is still the Iron Age or rather the Steel Age.
78. The writer considers that the Bronze Age succeeded the Stone Age because____.
A. there was a scarcity of wood and other building materials
B. bronze was less expensive than stone
C. stone was no longer available
D. more bronze than stone came into use
79. The writer regards the change to a “Plastic and Light Metal Age” in the near future as____.
A. necessaryB. desirable
C. improbableD. logical
80. The title that best expresses the idea of this passage is____.
A. New Uses for Plastics
B. How One Age Succeeds Another
C. Advantages of Plastics
D. Limitations on the Use of Plastics